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Congress leaves for Christmas, closes the books on 2025
↵↵But the aspiration of Thune and Senate Republican appropriators to get the ball rolling on a package of fiscal 2026 spending bills was not to be.
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↵↵But the aspiration of Thune and Senate Republican appropriators to get the ball rolling on a package of fiscal 2026 spending bills was not to be.
ANALYSIS — With less than a year to go, the 2026 midterm elections are at a crossroads.Â
The Senate on Wednesday easily cleared the fiscal 2026 defense authorization, readying the mammoth $900.6 billion measure for a presidential signature.Â
↵↵The 2026 midterm elections will also feature a growing cast of Democratic contenders who studied theology, or serve as members of the clergy, including Trone Garriott, Schultz and Talarico.
congressman whose Fort Worth-based district was significantly reconfigured in the state Republican-led redistricting effort, will now focus on his congressional work until his planned retirement at the end of 2026
Eisenhower Executive Office Building, withdrew its motion Friday, saying it accepted assurances from the General Services Administration that it wouldn't take any steps regarding the building before March 1, 2026
↵↵Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and ranking member Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., want Congress to delete a provision in the fiscal 2026 National Defense Authorization Act that they say would undermine safety
​House Republican leaders released draft legislation Friday consisting of a package of health proposals aimed at reducing health care costs in 2026, setting up a possible floor vote this week.
provision authored by Washington Democrat Marilyn Strickland that would ensure U.S. military bases not be named after Confederate officers was stripped out of the final compromise version of the fiscal 2026
↵↵The House-Senate compromise NDAA for fiscal 2026, which the Senate hopes to clear next week, would authorize spending $400 million for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, which pays for new U.S
↵↵The decision comes at a critical time for appropriators as Congress stares down a tight time crunch to wrap up nine long-delayed fiscal 2026 appropriations bills by a Jan. 30 deadline.
↵↵State legislators in California, North Carolina and Texas have redrawn their congressional maps ahead of the 2026 midterms, and the Republican-led legislature in Florida could do so early next year.
The economy is usually the key issue in any election, and 2026 does not look to be an exception.Â
The House cast a strong, mostly bipartisan vote Wednesday to pass the bicameral compromise version of the fiscal 2026 NDAA.Â
Democratic state legislators have also taken steps toward drawing a new congressional map for the 2026 elections, mirroring mid-decade redistricting efforts in states across the country.Â
And heading into the 2026 midterm elections, it's clear the terrain is shifting toward the party at the district level as well.
White House officials told lawmakers in recent days that the president would veto the fiscal 2026 NDAA if Congress did not delete House- and Senate-passed language ensuring U.S. military bases do not bear
↵↵Brown was nominated to the board by President Joe Biden for a term set to end December 2026. The Senate confirmed his nomination in 2024.↵↵Brown's case in the U.S.
Jon Ossoff in the 2026 midterms. Trump narrowly carried the state last fall, and Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales rates the race a Toss-Up.
A dispute over a Trump administration plan to consolidate federal firefighting operations may be close to resolution, in a sign of modest progress toward Senate passage of a major fiscal 2026 spending